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    bisker rifle

    Yes, the lock says Jos Golcher, I think. Interesting about the hammer. "originals" have a longer reach? This is obviously not a hook breech. I don't think i can pull the breech, there's some solder around it and I'm afraid to mess. There are pairs of scope screw holes under the forward rear...
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    bisker rifle

    Yes, it's kind of strange. The outside of the bbl has patches of very mild rusting. It was, as far as I can tell, never blued or browned. The bore of the liner is very clean, patches with break free and boreshine show no rust, and brushing produced only a blackening of subsequent patches. But...
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    bisker rifle

    Ok, I'm gonna keep at this until I get it. It's REALLY ARCHAIC :cursing:
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    bisker rifle

    Hey, thanks, papa. I have some pictures, will try to post a couple. Would be really nice to have a drag and drop feature on the forum rather than the url trudge. :barf: Don
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    Underhammer Rifles?

    frinkling aside, AFIK 'most all of the really massive slug guns such as those made by Resor were/are underhammer rather than side or back action locks. Of course, far from offhand :wink: I'm trying to put one together now, using Billinghurst castings. Don
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    bisker rifle

    Anyone out there have any info on William Bisker, 'smith in Stark County, OH? I'm reconditioning a heavy-barrel rifle. W Bisker stamped underside of bbl, BISKER in cartouche on top of bbl. It's heavy, about 23 lb. The bbl is now .36 cal, ball twist, and is a reline put in place with solder. The...
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    Green Mountain Barrel ?

    I had good grouping with the Lyman Maxi-ball in the 1-48" .50 cal. lubed with maxi-lube. Don
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    lock maker identity?

    Here are a couple of photos, provided I can get them here :wink: awesome. Any theories? Don
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    bedding the breech

    I agree. Could be printed somewhere as a tutorial. I've had to do this kind of work during restoration where wood has simply rotted out of the breech area. When doing that, I open up cracks from the inside very carefully so that the resin gets in, and clean out all the rotted stuff. Can't...
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    lock and trigger lube

    Thanks to all of you; think I have the idea: keep it clean, oil it sparingly with something. I've never been slow to take it apart, sometimes destructively. I've learned a lot from that, 'specially USE THE RIGHT SCREWDRIVER :headslap: But that's a whole new topic! Don
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    lock and trigger lube

    Aha. So far I can choose between plain, oil +Teflon, and lubriplate+moly, and whales or bears! interesting! Don
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    lock and trigger lube

    I actually have a small can of whale oil; it's in a Herter's pint can. Don
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    lock and trigger lube

    I wouldn't touch this one...:-)
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    lock and trigger lube

    Hey, Swampy, sounds right. It starts with: "first, get your bear...":-) Don
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    lock and trigger lube

    Here's hoping this is fun: You've just disassembled a sidelock and set trigger (not all the way, no pins removed) assembly and carefully cleaned away 150 plus years of gow and gunk. All parts are nice! . As this is is an historically unimportant gun, you're going to (carefully!) shoot the thing...
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    lock maker identity?

    Nothing there, Ghettogun. It's very probable that it is a boughten lock and set trigger. Twist is about 1 in 46 inches, right for a conoidal as you point out. I'm getting some roundballs to see how they go. Don
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    lock maker identity?

    Hi Mike: I know I'm gonna get flamed as a whiner etc etc, but it's just too cumbersome and tedious to add a couple of photos. Should be able to just drop 'em in, or add 'em with a simple browse, just like an email image. I gotta join some photo thingy, which I'll forget, then upload a couple of...
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    lock maker identity?

    :hmm: Just bought a .36 (approx) cal sidelock. There is no maker's name on the bbl or otherwise. The barrel is turned down to round at the muzzle for a shortstarter, and the tang is tapped for a post rear target sight. The interior of the lock is stamped F A Co and No. 4. The 4 is a larger font...
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    Ardesa

    I've REALLY tried to get info on these Ardesa underhammers to no avail. The US distributor does not handle tham. I've tried the website "contact us" several times, to no avail. These are great looking rifles, and apparently they shoot well too. Sigh. I guess Ardesa is simply not interested in US...
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    breech plug

    FWIW, John, Your info is right on the mark! Don
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